LEADING OFF: The accusations swarming around former Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat Sullivan continue to grow more complex and bizarre. In today’s Denver Post, reporters Kevin Vaughn and Carlos Illescas reveal that in 2007, Sullivan helped a young man get a job at Cherry Creek Schools while he was still director of security. The young man, Sean Mass, drowned in the South Platte River earlier this year. Methamphetamine and the club drug GHB were in his system when he died.

STRIKE THREE:The New York Times reports on a fascinating story about 23-year-old Megan Winfrey, who is serving a life-long sentence for the murder of a high school janitor in 2004. The murder stumped the tiny town of Coldspring, Texas, after Burr was found dead in his home with 28 stab wounds. The twist? Winfrey’s brother and father were released after key evidence in the case – a scent lineup – proved too little to link them to the murder. Megan Winfrey is in the third year of her sentenced based on the same evidence.

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